Dr. Daoyuan Wang

Professor of Chemistry

Office: Caine-Gilleland Hall (CGH) 347
Phone: 870-575-7155
E-mail: wangd@uapb.edu
Degree: Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry

Research interests: Dr. Wang’s research focuses on the design and synthesis of lightweight polymeric and bio-polymeric nanomaterials, such as nanocellulose-dopamine composites and 3D reduced graphene oxide foams. His work extends to energy conversion and storage systems, including halide perovskite solar cells, light-emitting devices, and supercapacitor electrodes, as well as extreme-environment applications with a specific focus on fire-retardant aerogels. Additionally, his research emphasizes electrochemistry and sensing, particularly oxygen evolution/reduction electrocatalysts and trace gas/chemical detection probes, alongside environmental remediation strategies utilizing nanostructural materials for wastewater purification and hazardous chemical removal…

Teaching: Forensic Chemistry I, Forensic Chemistry I Lab, Forensic Chemistry II, Forensic Chemistry II Lab, Instrumental Analysis Lecture, Instrumental Analysis Lab, Quantitative Analysis Lecture, Quantitative Analysis Lab, General Chemistry I Lecture, General Chemistry II Lecture, Physical Science Lecture, Physical Science lab, Principles of Chemistry Lab, Chemical Research, Chemistry Seminar…

Publications
  • G. Wu, M. Cheng, Daoyuan Wang, E. Badradeen, L. Wang, Q. Jiang, W. Yu. “Challenges and Prospects of Halide Perovskite Solar Cells and Light-Emitting Devices”. 2025. Under Review.
  • M. Patwary, S. Haque, P. Szwedo, G. Hasan, R. Kondrapolu, F. Watanabe, K. KC, Daoyuan Wang, A. Ghosh. “Exploring Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Reactions: A Study on Nanocellulose, Dopamine, and Cobalt Complex-Derived Non-Precious Electrocatalyst”. Catalysts. 2024. 14, 613. DOI: 10.3390/catal14090613
  • S. Haque, Daoyuan Wang, B. Ergul, A. Basurrah, T. Karabacak. “Effect of Sandblasting and Acid Surface Pretreatment on the Specific Capacitance of CuO Nanostructures Grown by Hot Water Treatment for Supercapacitor Electrode Applications”. Nanotechnology. 2024. 30;35(33). DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad4cf7.
  • Daoyuan Wang, S. Haque, T.Williams, F.Karim, Ranjitha K. “Cyclic Voltammetry and Specific Capacitance Studies of Copper Oxide Nanostructures Grown by Hot Water Treatment”. MRS Advances. 2023. DOI: 1557/s43580-023-00712-0
  • H. Poudel; A. RanguMagar; A. Ghosh; S. Bourdo; F. Watanabe; Daoyuan Wang; A. Ghosh. “Poly-β-cyclodextrin Functionalized Nanocellulose for Efficient Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals”. Journal of Sustainability Research. 2023; 5(3): e230010. DOI: 10.20900/jsr20230010
  • X. Yang, Y. Liang, W. Feng, C. Yang, L. Wang, G. Huang, Daoyuan Wang. “Hollow terbium metal-organic-framework spheres: preparation and their performance in Fe3+ detection”, RSC Advances. 2022. 12, 4153. DOI: 10.1039/d1ra08088a.
  • Daoyuan Wang, S. Behura, F. Karim, A. Kazi, G. Wangila, S. Wang. “Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Food and Agroforestry”, ES Food & Agroforestry. 2021. 3, 1-3. DOI: 10.30919/esfaf445
  • Daoyuan Wang, Z. Guo. “Ten years’ Glory of Halide Perovskite Materials”. Engineered Science. 2020. 11, 1-2. DOI: 10.30919/es5e1026.
  • J. Jiang, Daoyuan Wang, X. Ma, Z. Xiao, M. Wu, P. Peng, F. Li, F. Liu, R. Jing, C. Yan, Z. Guo, Q. Jiang. “Ultrasonication-Assisted Trace Amount Solvent Synthesis of Cs4PbBr6 Crystal with Ultra-Bright Green Light Emission”. APL Mater. 2020. 8, 071115, featured. DOI:10.1063/5.0009852.
  • J. Jiang, J. Xu, H. Walter, A. Kazi, Daoyuan Wang, G. Wangila, M. Mortazavi, C.Yan and Q. Jiang. “The Doping of Alkali Metal for Halide Perovskites”. ES Mater. Manuf. 2020. 7, 25-33, DOI: 10.30919/esmm5f705.
  • T. Luo, J. Wei, X. Yang, Daoyuan Wang, and W. Feng. “Trace Hydrogen Sulphide Gas Sensor Based on Cu/rGO Membrane-Coated Photonic Crystal Fibre Michelson Interferometer”. Zeitschrift Für Naturforschung A. 2020. 0(0). DOI:10.1515/zna-2019-0341.
  • C. Liu, Q. Fang, Daoyuan Wang, C. Yan, F. Liu, N. Wang, Z. Guo and Q. Jiang. “Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanotubes: Structure, Property and Fabrication”. ES Mater. Manuf. 2019. 3, 2–15, DOI: 10.30919/esmm5f199.
  • X. Yang, W. Feng, G. Chen, H. Guo, Daoyuan Wang. “Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with Antibody Conjugated Amino-Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots as Immunofluorescence Probes”. Key Engineering Materials. 2019. Vol. 807, pp 151-158. DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.807.151.
  • R. Chen, W. Liu, G. Huang, Daoyuan Wang, X. Qin, and W. Feng. “Hydrogen sulfide sensor based on tapered fiber sandwiched between two molybdenum disulfide/citric acid composite membrane coated long-period fiber gratings”. Applied Optics. 2018. 57, 9755-9759. DOI: 10.1364/AO.57.009755.
  • Q. Jiang, W. Yu, A. Mosleh, C. Liu, Daoyuan Wang, X. Tu, Y. Liu, G. Wangila, S. Ognier, B. Cao, Z. Guo and B. Ewards. “Environment, Energy, Sustainability: Journal- ES Energy & Environment”. Engineered Science. 2018. 3, 1-4. DOI: 10.30919/es8d746.
  • Daoyuan Wang, F. Watanabe, and W. Zhao. “Reduced Graphene Oxide-NiO/Ni Nanomembranes as Oxygen Evolution Reaction Electrocatalysts”. ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology. 2017. 6: M3049-M3054. DOI: 10.1149/2.0101706jss.
  • Daoyuan Wang, F. Watanabe, and W. Zhao. “One-pot growth of 3D reduced graphene oxide foams embedded with NiFe oxide nanocatalysts for oxygen evolution reaction”. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 2016. 163 (11): p. 3158- 3163. DOI: 10.1149/2.0241611jes.
  • D. A. Nedosekin, M.V. Khodakovskaya, A.S. Biris, Daoyuan Wang, H. Villagarcia, E.I. Galanzha, and V.P. Zharov. “In vivo plant flow cytometry: A first proof-of-concept”. Cytometry Part A. 2012. 79A (10): p. 855-865. DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21128.
  • M. Alimohammadi, Y. Xu, Daoyuan Wang, A.S. Biris, and M.V. Khodakovskaya. “Physiological responses induced in tomato plants by a two-component nanostructural composed of carbon nanotubes conjugated with quantum dots and its in vivo multimodal detection”. Nanotechnology. 2011. 22(29). DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/29/295101.
  • Y. Xu, A. Karmakar, Daoyuan Wang, F. Watanabe, A.S. Biris,  Al.S. Biris. “Multifunctional Fe3O4 Cored Magnetic-Quantum Dot Fluorescent Nano-composites for RF Nanohyperthermia of Cancer Cells”. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 2010. 114(11): p. 5020-5026. DOI: 10.1021/jp9103036.
  • Q. Sun, Y.A.Wang, L. Li, Daoyuan Wang, T. Zhu, J. Xu, C. Yang and Y. Li. “Bright and  Color-Saturated Red,  Orange,  Yellow  and  Green Light  Emitting Diodes Based on Core/Shell Quantum Dots with CdSe Core”. Nature Photonics. 2007. 1 (12): p. 717-722. DOI:10.1038/nphoton.2007.226.
  • Daoyuan Wang, L. Li, M. Mehta, J. Dixon and Y.A. Wang. “Room Temperature Synthesis of HgTe Nanocrystals”. Materials Research Society (MRS), November 26 – December 1, 2006.
Invited Book Chapters
  • Y. Pan, Daoyuan Wang, G. Wangila, M. Mortazaci, F. Li, P. Peng, Q. Jiang, Z. Guo. “Advanced Processing of Polymer and Nanocomposites”, Engineered Science Publisher, 2022, Knoxville, USA. ISBN 978-1-970059-04-5.
  • Daoyuan Wang, A. Mosleh, Jiang, invited book chapter: “Basics of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterial”, Engineered Science Publisher, 2019, Knoxville, USA. ISBN 978-1-970059-00-7.
Patents
  • W. Zhao, Daoyuan Wang, “Water desalination and purification using thermally partially reduced graphene oxide membranes”. – Pending
  • W. Zhao, Daoyuan Wang, “3D reduced graphene oxide foams embedded with nanocatalysts, synthesizing methods and applications”. U.S. Patent # 11,761,099. Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
  • A. Biris, Y. Xu, Daoyuan Wang, “Multifunctional FeO-cored magnetic-quantum dot fluorescent nanocomposites for RF nano-hyperthermia of cancer cells”. U.S. Patent # 8,697,181. Date of Patent: April 15, 2014.
Research Funds
  • Senior Personnel – National Science Foundation (NSF) ExpandQISE: Track 2: QuAPB, Expanding Quantum Research and Education at UAPB.. $5,000,000. 2022-2027.
  • PI – National Science Foundation (NSF) EAGER:CAS-Climate: Novel Non-Precious Metal Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction . $299,289. August 2022 – July 2026.
  • PI – National Science Foundation (NSF) Catalyst Project: Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting for Hydrogen and Oxygen Production Using Nanostructured Materials. $149,971, June 2020 – May 2024.
  • Co-PI – NASA EPSCoR Collaborative Research Program (CRP). Title of the project: Metal Oxide Nanostructures by Hot Water Treatment for Supercapacitor Applications. $15,000 for year-2. July 2019 – May 2020.
  • Co-PI – NASA EPSCoR Collaborative Research Program (CRP). Title of the project: Metal Oxide Nanostructures by Hot Water Treatment for Supercapacitor Applications. $10,000 for year-1. October,1 2018 – September 30, 2019.
  • PI – American Chemical Society (ACS) Project SEED award 2019 for High School Students – Synthesis of graphene oxide and its application in water splitting. $10,000, June 2019 – August 2019
  • Co-PI – NASA EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Development (RID). Title of the project: Engineering enzymes on PVDF membrane for water-free wound sterilization. $10,000. October 2018 – September 2019.
  • PI – Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence) part of National Institute of Health. Title of the project: Partnerships for Biomedical Research in Arkansas. $115,127. May 2018 – April 2020.
  • PI – Arkansas INBRE (IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence) shared instrumentation grant. Title of the Project: Multimode Microplate Reader (Varioskan LUX) As Analytical Equipment for Student Teaching and Research. $19,194. December 1, 2017.
  • PI – National Science Foundation-HBCU-Supplement. Title of the project: Enrichment of faculty and students research experiences in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. $25,000. Transferred from Watley, Title of research: Reduced Graphene Oxide (RGO)-Ni-Fe hybrids as oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysts. Fall 2017.
  • PI – Arkansas Space Grant Consortium (ASGC). Title of the Project: Investigation of negative impact of cosmic rays on yeast cell. $5,000. August 2017 – July 2018.
Professional Societies and Services
  • Member of American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • Member of American Institute of Chemists (AIC)
  • Member of Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Honor Society)
  • Active Reviewer for the following scientific journals
    • IEEE Sensors
    • Optik
    • Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
    • Engineered Science
    • ES Materials and Manufacturing
    • International Journal of Energy Research
    • Journal of Biophotonics
    • Advanced Composites and Hybrid Materials
    • Analytica Chimica Acta
    • Chemical Letters
Research Group

Current research students:

Ms. Jasmine Price, Mr. Timothy Peacock

Previous research students:

Ms. Booke Davis, Mr. Fard Karim, Ms. Tatiana Williams, Ms. Sha’Kyia Winston, Ms. Henessae Shavers, Mr. Brian Evans, Mr. Clement Agyemang, Ms. Shamara Lawrence, Mr. Deandre Gridley…

 

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